Peacekeeping is an investment in global peace, security, and prosperity. It is a flagship enterprise of the United Nations. Today, it deploys more than 113,000 military, police and civilian personnel in 16 peacekeeping operations on four continents. It is a flexible, evolving instrument that brings together political, security and technical tools to assist countries make the difficult transition from conflict to peace.

The United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit (UN COPS) gathered Ministers, Chiefs of Police, Gendarmerie and police representatives from 110 countries at United Nations Headquarters in New York on 3 June 2016.